The muscle metaphor based on ego-depletion theory hasn’t survived scrutiny. But there’s an alternative that holds promise ...

is an artist, writer and mudlark who has spent years discovering objects from centuries past in London’s River Thames.

Starting in college, I adopted a new life motto: ‘Try everything twice, because the first time could be a fluke.’ I knew I needed a change. My teenage self had been stubborn and overly certain about ...

It’s not uncommon to hear people on opposite sides of an issue invoke ‘dignity’ when defending their positions in political debates. Take assisted dying. Both advocates and opponents appeal to dignity ...

It’s easy to mistake our conscious experience for an ongoing, accurate account of reality. After all, the information we recover from our senses is, of course, the only window we’ll ever have into the ...

Ride along with New York driving teacher, Shanti, whose potty-mouthed tough-love approach is both amusing and effective ...

Most of us love natural things: the taste of raw fruits and vegetables, the warmth of the sun on our skin, the sounds of waterfalls or waves at the beach. Some of us pay handsome sums of money to take ...

Being ghosted can feel shocking. But we need to get used to it because there’s no other way to cope with our world ...

Destructive and beautiful all at once – an artist on the spectrum captures the ‘souls’ of machines from an Alaskan cabin ...